One passenger pays $33.73, every fee included. Services cover 263 km and are run by 4 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at $33.73, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 21, 2026
$33.73
- 198%Moves across the booking window
198%Departure times on this route
Departure times on this route12Go lists the departures it sells between Cambridge and Bristol.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about $85.91Thu8
- about $81.05Fri9
- about $65.89Sat10
- about $62.25Sun11
- about $48.30Mon12
- about $55.58Tue13
- about $45.27Wed14
- about $47.69Thu15
- about $46.48Fri16
- about $53.75Sat17
- about $47.09Sun18
- about $44.05Mon19
- about $41.02Tue20
- about $33.73Wed21
- about $45.27Thu22
- about $45.87Fri23
- about $43.45Sat24
- about $46.48Sun25
- about $36.77Mon26
- about $35.56Tue27
- about $34.95Wed28
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
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A room in Bristol for the night the train gets in
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When to book Cambridge to Bristol
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- $28.8890 days
- $41.6360 days
- $33.7445 days
- $32.5330 days
- $34.9521 days
- $33.7314 days
- $45.277 days
- $65.893 days
- $85.911 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $28.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 198 percent. The most expensive point is $85.91, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Cambridge to Bristol and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
263 km
204 km as the crow flies, 29% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
145,674 → 479,024
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 263 km against 204 km in a straight line, a detour of 29 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Coventry, London, Birmingham. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from BRS into Bristol is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Bristol
Settled in advance, so the ride into Bristol costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Bristol Temple Meads
Most of the points near Bristol Temple Meads open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Cambridge to Bristol
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Cambridge to Bristol?
Cambridge to Bristol covers 263 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does it cost to travel from Cambridge to Bristol?
The cheapest fare from Cambridge to Bristol is $33.73, as of October 7, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $47.69. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Cambridge to Bristol?
The cheapest way from Cambridge to Bristol is by train, at $33.73 for one passenger on October 21, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Cambridge to Bristol?
Fares from Cambridge to Bristol bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $28.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 198 percent, measured on October 7, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Cambridge to Bristol?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Cambridge to Bristol, at $34.95. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 7, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Cambridge to Bristol?
November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Cambridge to Bristol, at $33.13 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Cambridge to Bristol?
4 operators sell services from Cambridge to Bristol across 1 mode: Arriva Cross Country, Arriva CrossCountry, Eurostar, Great Western Railway. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Cambridge to Bristol?
0 percent of the services we sell from Cambridge to Bristol are direct. The rest connect at Coventry, London, Birmingham, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Cambridge to Bristol use?
Services from Cambridge to Bristol by train leave from Cambridge railway station and arrive at Bristol Temple Meads. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Cambridge to Bristol?
4 of the 4 operators we sell from Cambridge to Bristol allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
Being on the water gives Bristol a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Bristol and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Bristol in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Cambridge reaches 30 places in 8 countries on services we hold, over distances from 74 to 8,726 km. Bristol reaches 66 places in 18 countries, from 31 to 9,697 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Cambridge
- 30Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 4Operators
8
4Arriving in Bristol
Leaving Bristol
- 66Places you can leave for
- 18Countries
- 21Operators